Lot number 2984 - Auction 146
MEMENTO MORI KOPF UND TOTENSCHÄDEL

MEMENTO MORI HEAD AND SKULL Probably Austria, around 1750 Wood, carved in full relief, polychrome painted. H. 18.5, w. 17, d. 22 cm, weight approx. 1 kg. Fully sculpted depiction of a man's head carved on one side as a bone skull. This extraordinary memento mori wood sculpture shows a detailed carved male head on the left side, while the right side depicts a skull. The depiction symbolizes the duality of life and death and reminds us of the transience of life's presence, typical of the Baroque exploration of mortality. Part. bumped, dam. and losses to mount, rest.